Porn site blackmail scam discovered

(ANSA) - Rome, September 20 - Italian postal police said Thursday they had uncovered a blackmail spamming scam in which Web users were threatened with being exposed for visiting porn sites.
    Thousands of Italians received threatening emails warning them their accounts had been hacked and they would be exposed unless they paid $300 in Bitcoins within 48 hours, the police said.
    They have told the public not to pay up.